Rug binding



J. V. YANA RUG BINDING Feb. 26, 1957 Filed March 1, 1954 g r m W, Wv 74.2

RUG BINDING Joseph V. Yana, Oshkosh, Wis., assignor to Waite Carpet Company, a corporation of Wisconsin Application March 1, 1954, Serial No. 413,010 3 Claims. c1. 2-478) purpose has been made of a woven yarn material which is folded around the end of the body portion of the rug and stitched theretoto form apart thereof and to enclose the free warpends. 1.

This rug binding of woven yarn material has been found deficient because of its inherent flexibility which, because of crumpling, prevents use thereof with a folder attachment which imparts a fold along the length of the rug binding prior to the placing of the binding along the end of the rug body portion and which will not take the same shade of colors as the rug body portion because of the difference in materials.

An object of this invention is to provide a new and improved rug binding.

Another object of this invention is to provide a new and improved rug binding which may readily be passed through a folder attachment and placed around the end of a rug without crumpling of the binding in the folder.

Another object of the invention is to provide a rug binding, as described in the preceding paragraph, wherein the rug binding comprises a woven material having along its length warp strands formed of paper fibre imparting a lengthwise stiliness to the binding and filler strands of a yarn material, such as cotton, extending transverse to the length of the binding to impart a flexibility to the binding transverse of the length thereof to enable folding of the binding around an end of the rug body portion, whereby the binding may be passed through a folder to conform the binding to a folded shape around the end of the rug body portion because of the flexible filler strands without crumpling of the binding in the folder because of the presence of the relatively stiif warp strands.

Another object of the invention is to provide a rug having warp and filler strands of paper fibre forming a body portion provided with a rug binding which encloses the free ends of the body portion, the binding having a portion of its strands formed of paper fibre which may take the same shade of a color as that given to the strands of the rug because of the similar paper material.

The objects of the invention generally set forth, together with other ancillary advantages, are attained by the construction and arrangement shown by way of illustration in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. l is a plan view of one corner of a rug having the rug binding attached thereto;

Fig. 2 is a sectional View in elevation taken along the line 2-2 in Fig. 1; and,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion of the rug binding showing the strands forming the binding in greater detail.

While this invention is susceptible of embodiment in a ed States Pawl FQ many difierent forms, there. is shown in the drawings and will herein be described in detail an illustrative embodiment of the invention with the understanding that the present disclosure is to be considered as an exemplifiestion of the principles of the invention and is not intended to limit the invention to the embodiment illustrated. The scope of the invention will be pointed out in the appended claims.

As shown in Fig. 1, my invention comprises a rug having a body portion, indicated generally at A, and a rug binding, indicated generally at B. The body portion A of the rug may be woven in a conventional manner with warp strands 1 and filler or weft strands 2. Each of these strands may be formed of a plurality of lengths of twisted paper fibre and each length may optionally be of a diiferent color. One arrangement of contrasting colors in the warp strands is shown by the difierent shading in Fig. 1. The filler strands 2 are all of the same color in the embodiment illustrated.

- The rug binding B as shown in Figs. 1 to 3 is composed of' warp strands 3 and filler strands 4. The rug binding B is applied around the free ends of the warp strands 1 and extends inwardly over and under the body portion A of the rug as shown in Fig. 2. The rug binding-is secured to the body portion A of the rug by suitable means, such as sewn stitches 5.

The wrap strands 3 in the rug binding B are formed similarly to the paper fibre warp strands 1 of the rug body portion A in that they are formed of twisted lengths of paper fibre which are relatively stiff and unbending as compared to the filler strands 4 of the rug binding B which are formed of a yarn material, such as cotton, which is relatively flexible. The warp strands 3 in the binding B extend normal to the warp strands 1 and parallel to the filler strands 2.

With this construction of a rug binding, it is possible to apply the binding to the body portion A of the rug by the use of a folder attachment which receives the rug binding in a flat condition and folds the binding around the end of the warp strands to place the binding in the position shown in Fig. 2. The relatively stiff paper fibre warp strands 3 in the rug binding act to prevent crumpling of the binding in the folder attachment as the binding passes therethrough and the relatively flexible yarn material filler strands 4 permit the folding of the binding to occur. Because of the flexibility of the yarn strands 4, the binding will lie snugly against the body portion A.

The paper fibre warp strands 3 in the rug binding may take the same shade of a color as the paper fibre strands 1 and 2 in the body portion A of the rug since they are of the same material. This enhances the appearance of the rug because of the blending of the similarity in shades attained.

As a result of my invention, I have provided a rug binding which will operate satisfactorily through a folder attachment and will blend with the body portion of the rug to present a rug having a pleasing appearance to a purchaser and have overcome the objections to a rug binding made of all yarn material. The latter does not blend with the body portion of the rug and does not pass properly through a folder attachment because of the tendency of the binding to collapse in the folder. Also, I have overcome the objections to a rug binding made of all paper fibre which does not operate properly in the folder attachment because of the resistance to folding inherent in the paper fibre. This prevents folding of the binding along its length and proper retention of the binding against the body portion A of the rug after it is applied thereto.

I claim:

1. A woven rug comprising a body portion having warp and filler strands formed of twisted lengths of paper fibre and a narrow elongated binding enclosing and securing the free ends of the warp strands of the body portion from raveling, said binding extending along the entire width of the body portion and being wrapped around the free ends of the warp strands and having portions extending on top and bottom of the body portion fora distance inward from the edge thereof suflicient to enclose the ends of the warp strands and enable securing of the binding to the body portion, and sewn stitches securing the binding to the body portion, said binding having warp strands of paper fibre running transversely to the warp strands of the body portion and extending across the width of the body portion and filler strands of cotton yarn extending parallel to the warp strands of the body portion, whereby the binding is suificiently flexible because of the cotton yarn to be closely wrapped around the end of the body portion and is partly constructed of a material similar to that of the body portion namely, paper fibre, which may take the same shade of a color as the material forming the body portion.

2. A woven rug comprising a body portion having warp and filler strands formed of twisted lengths of paper fibre and a binding securing the ends of the warp strands of the body portion from raveling, said binding extending along and being wrapped around the end of the body portion and having portions extending on top and bottom of the body portion for a distance inward from the edge of the body portion suflicient to enable securing of the binding to the body portion, and means securing the binding to the body portion, said binding having warp strands of paper fibre running transversely to the warp strands of the body portion and filler strands of yarn material extending parallel to the warp strands of the body portion, whereby the binding is sufficiently flexible to be closely wrapped around the ends of the warp strands of the body portion and is partly constructed of a material similar to that of the body portion which may be of the same shade of a color as the strands in the body portion.

3. A rug comprising, a body portion made of strands formed of twisted lengths of paper fibre and a binding in the form of an elongated strip secured thereto to prevent raveling of the free ends thereof and having along its length warp strands formed of a relatively stifi paper fibre imparting a lengthwise stiffness to the binding, and filler strands of a relatively flexible yarn material extending transverse to the length of the binding to impart a flexibility to the binding transversely of the length thereof so that the binding closely wraps around the ends of the body portion.

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